Hey Gang:
My dear sainted Grandma used to refer to politicians as
"clappers". When asked what
she meant, she would expand on her comment by saying, "A politician’s
mouth goes like the clapper on a duck’s rear portions. But the difference is the duck seems to know
where it is going and seems to have the common sense to do what is best for he
and his other ‘quakers’.”
We are in that agonizing period that our
nation goes through every two years- the election of who we will place on the
thrones of leadership of our country - or so we think. But, as I reached the ‘older than dirt’
period of my life, I am more convinced that God gives us what we deserve.
Why do I believe that? Solomon, the second wisest man who ever
walked this earth wrote these words as a guide to us: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own
understanding". Why? "In
all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight" And
then the topper: "Do not be wise in your own eyes"
(Pro. 3:5-6).
I confess, I tend not to listen to the
rhetoric that fills the airways for, in my “older than dirt” status, my
recollections of past elections, people will say about anything and make brash
promises that are forgotten when the loyal opposition admits defeat. I tend to be a wee- bit hypper in my old age
and I find my blood pressure begins to rise, if I watch the news -which at this
moment is filled with politics.
But I believe in a far greater power than in
the electorate of our nation. Isaiah
wrote these words: "It is He who
sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like
grasshoppers...., "He it is who reduces rulers to nothing; Who makes the
judges of the earth meaningless".
Daniel also addressed this issue when he wrote: "It is He who changes the times and
epochs; He removes kings and establishes kings" (Dan. 2:21).
Paul refers to our day and age as
"perilous times" I have heard
the phrase "going over the cliff" in reference to what is to come
soon in our country but I do not believe the politicians in our country will be
the drivers on that trip.
I also believe the Believers of our nations
have the key to restoration in their hands, as given to us in 2 Chronicles 7:14:
“If My people, who are called by My name,
humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways,
then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land”.
God filled His word with promises of
restoration but they are all preceded with the mighty word, ”if”. If you will humble yourself before
Me,
if you will pray diligently, if you will turn from your wicked
ways – then I Will…. The “I wills are unlimited”. Paul tells us we need to think on these
things! Are you thinking?
Blessings,
Gramps
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